Just Us Girls challenge #839 - Die Week

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am here to share my card for this week's Just Us Girls challenge and this week is Die Week and Sue has given us the theme of 'thank you'. So grab your thank you or thanks dies and join in the fun with us.  We all love our dies don't we and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations. Our guest this month is Julia Aston so please pop over and show her some love.

I used a favourite thank you die from Spellbinders and I love that it has a shadow.  Whilst I was getting that die from my stash I came across the 'build-a-wreath' die set that I haven't used yet so thought I would bust that out too.  As the thank you die cut is quite large I decided to make a square card for a change so that I could comfortably fit everything in.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by creating my card base; I cut white card to 11" x 5 1/2" and scored it at 5 1/2" to make my 5 1/2" square card base.  I also cut a white panel 5 1/4" square and embossed it using a leafy folder.  I used coloured card from my scraps bin to cut out all the branches for the wreath, the flowers and the gorgeous bow (my scraps bin could keep me going until the end of time I think lol!) and assembled the flowers and bow with liquid glue.  I die cut the thank you from gold mirror card and the shadow from vellum and adhered them together using liquid glue.  I arranged the branches to make the wreath shape and adhered them with liquid glue onto my embossed panel.  I added the bow at the top and the flowers on the bottom of the wreath using foam squares.  I added tiny slivers of foam tape behind the thank you word and added that into the centre of the wreath.  I finished off with some gold disc sequins.  I added some scrap white card behind my panel and adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel 5 1/4" square and partially embossed the bottom using the leafy folder.  I had one flower and two branches left over so added them to the bottom right corner using liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with dark brown ink before adding the panel to the card base using double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an EF optional twist: bees

Colorful Options challenge - rusty brown (option 2 and 4)

Creative Inspirations - hello autumn

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - sweater weather (inspired by the colours)

Mix It Up challenge - ATG + optional embossing

Pinspirational challenge - orange, red, brown & yellow

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes fall optional mood board

Tic Tac Toe challenge - top row across: letters/numbers, dimension, sparkle/shine

Triple B challenge - birds blooms or butterflies and optional mood board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - emboss it

I can't wait to see all your die cuts this week and look forward to seeing your entries in the linky. Please pop over to the challenge blog and leave some love for the rest of the design team.

I appreciate you stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Spellbinders - thank you dies

Spellbinders - build-a-wreath die set

Spellbinders - branching out embossing folder 

Spellbinders - envelope of wonder stamp sentiments clear stamp

Spellbinders - gold smooth discs color essentials sequins

Gina K Designs - dark chocolate ink pad (to stamp inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

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Fall Friends IG Card Hop - Week 12

Hello again friends; I am very late with my post this week; the day just got away from me. Anyway I'm back with my card for Week 12 of the 'Fall Friends' IG card hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. This week is our final week and we have a fab 'mood board' for our inspiration.  A really fun theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

Here is the mood board:

What comes to mind when you see this gorgeous photo?  I was immediately drawn to the leaves and the gorgeous colours so that I what I based my card on.  I have to say I did struggle a little this week (maybe I'm all fall'ed out lol!) and left it until the final moment to finish my card.  As a consequence the light was really gloomy and my photos are a little dark.  Anyway I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the leaves:

I also decorated the inside:

For a change I made a light brown card base.  I began by cutting a warm cream panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added some ink around the edges with kraft ink before adhering it directly onto my card base with double sided tape.  I die cut 4 leaves from brown, red, yellow and caramel card and also embossed them with a leaf embossing folder for some extra interest.  I die cut the thanks word 4 times and the shadow was die cut from vellum.  I added one layer onto the vellum and added the other 3 behind the vellum with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment onto cream card with brown ink and used a sentiment strip die to cut it out.  I arranged the leaves and added the sentiments, all with foam squares.  For a finishing touch I added some gold sequins.  For the inside I cut another warm cream panel 4" x 5 1/4" and inked around the edges with kraft ink and added it to the card base with double sided tape.  I die cut another 2 leaves but left them plain this time and added them to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with brown ink.   At the last minute I decided to add some crystal glaze to the thanks word so that it was shiny and looks dimensional.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist sentiment of thanks

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - ATG embossing optional twist winter fun

Cardz 4 Guyz challenge - grateful/thankful/blessed

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - toffee, yellow, red

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - dies and/or punches

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie challenge - inspired by the sentiment and colours

My Time To Craft challenge - thank you

Shopping Our Stash challenge - masculine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Word Power challenge - #11 (make the sentiment the focus)

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; use the hashtag #fallfriendscardhop2024 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by. 

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:

Clearly Besotted - autumn flowers stamp & die set (I only used the dies) - retired

Gina K Designs - thanks & shadow die set 

Gina K Designs - doodled autumn clear stamp (for sub-sentiment) - retired

Gina K Designs - falling leaves embossing folder

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies 

Gina K Designs - ink pads - warm cocoa, kraft 

LOTV - verses A5 clear stamp - stamp store currently closed

Spellbinders - gold smooth disc color essentials sequins

All coloured card from my stash

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze